Story Comprehension To Go Rosemary Huisingh, Linda Bowers, Paul F. Johnson, Carolyn LoGiudice, Jane Orman

Description Ages: 7-10Grades: 2-6 Develop reading comprehension for grades two through five with this big book of illustrated reading passages that targets nine language skill areas. Each ten-story unit (90 stories total) targets a language skill critical to improving reading comprehension. The skill areas are: Vocabulary and Semantics- use the context of the story to describe actions; use synonyms, antonyms, and adjectives; and give definitions Sequencing- focus on what happened first, next, and last in the story, then answer before and after questions Comparing and Contrasting- attend to critical attributes of items to compare and contrast them Exclusion- explain why something would not happen or why an action or event did not occur Problem Solving- identify the problems, the character's solution to it, and a better solution from a list of three Characters and Actions- understand the actions and motives of the characters in the story Figurative Language- understand the abstr